Want to stay fit and healthy, utilize these apps

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In the present world, physical fitness is a major concern. Physical fitness is the capability to perform aspects of the human beings daily activities. There is a list of apps available in the app store, which is mainly focused on the weight loss and fitness concept. Because of these apps, many people have lost their weight and are in a good healthy condition. By using these apps, one can get started without spending any money to achieve their goal. The following apps are available on the Smartphone Android devices.

 

MyFitness Pal:
This app is a popular one, which helps an individual to track their food intake. It includes access to a million foods and items in a searchable database. One can add food log to iPhone or Android. These apps are also available for BlackBerry and Windows Phone.
This app and service is free and helps an individual to set a healthy diet goal and a healthy exercise goal. In this app, many innovative options are available like giving friend request to other users, accepting the requests. For the purpose of support and motivation, the folks can connect with phone contacts and Facebook friends.
This app also connects to a variety of apps and accessories like FitBit, Withings, Runtastic, Endomondo, Jawbone UP, Pact and others that help the folks to track their progress with specialized apps and accessories. There is also an Apple Watch app.

FitBit:

This app is a great weight loss app and fitness app which helps an individual to track their heath fitness even when they do not have the FitBitdevice. It will track and record the workouts, log their food intake, and keep on motivating the folks to achieve their goals.
This app lists the miles traveled, calories burned, active minutes etc. It also can be used as the personal fitness journal. The GPS will map the routes, while the person is running. Audio feedback option in the app helps the folks to hear the distance traveled, time and pace in real-time, which helps for the added motivation.
The weekly summary feature helps the person to know about the calories burned, miles logged, weight gained or lost. There are two FitBit devices available high and low where the higher one is too much of costly.

 Endomondo:

If a person is a runner, biker or walker Endomondo is a perfect choice. This app helps the folks to track the route through the Google Maps, track the workout history for the future comparison purpose. The summary includes See duration, speed, distance, calories.
The most interesting part is that the folks get audio feedback on distance and pace for each and every mile/km. One can also track their heart rate; it works out with Bluetooth heart rate monitors. On the main screen, more basic options are available such as Workout, Music On/Off, immediate Start or 10 Seconds Countdown options etc. App itself provides some songs in a default manner. Most of the features are integrated into one app.
While the GPS is enabled, this app automatically plots out the route and uploads it on the person’s profile on the website. For the people who are involved in the training of marathon, this app perfectly suits them. A secondary screen is also available so that an individual can flip over to with a map showing the current location. The Basic workout lists a series of options. One can set a goal to reach, set a goal against that of a friend’s time or enter a route to follow.

Google Fit:

This app is a health-tracking platform developed by Google for the Android operating system. It is a single set of APIs that fetch data from multiple apps and devices. With the help of this app, one can effortlessly track any activity. As the person walk, run, or cycle throughout the day, their phone or Android Wear watch automatically logs them with Google Fit. It will automatically record the person’s speed, pace, route, elevation etc.
By using this app one can set their goals based on steps, time distance, calories burned. Google Fit uses sensors in a user’s activity tracker on the mobile device to record physical fitness activities. Consumers have rights to choose their fitness data, which can be shared and also be deleted at any time. One of the biggest advantages is that the user’s activity information is stored in Google account.

Pact:

Pact another interesting weight loss app which motivates an individual to be on diet or to hit the gym. The developer of this app claimed that with their proven incentives users managed to achieve ninety-five percent of their goals. The most amazing factor of this app is that the users can earn cash when completed their goals. But if the goal is not achieved, the money earned will go to the other users.
Similar to the other weight loss apps, Pact lets an individual set their exercise and healthy eating goals each and every week. The users can also connect with their partner apps like RunKeeper, Fitbit, MyFitnessPal, MapMyRun etc. One can increase the fitness level with its personal weight loss/weight management progress tracker. This is one of the great and fun apps to motivate the folks and help them to earn cash at the same time.
Nike+Running:
This app is specially designed for serious runners, tracks the runs and help the folks to reach their goals. It has a beautiful and perceptive interface design. It keeps track of important data in real time while running, reflect on data after the fact, and compare data to previous runs or runs completed by friends. This app allows users to accurately collect information about mileage using the phone’s GPS which includes time taken, distance etc. One can share the runs and let their friends keep on going with cheers along the way.
One can also invite their friends and race to the finish. One of the amazing features is the heat map, which is on display during a run. It also calculates how fast the user is running throughout a course. The app records the fastest mile, represented by different colors in which the slowest one is represented by red. While running, the users can check out the Smartphone screen to view miles, time and calories burned or running hostler for hands-free use.
Users can set the app to speak alerts through the headphones at varying distances, telling them the mileage and average pace. There is the ability to create music playlists that match one’s pace.

Nutrino:

This is one of the best nutrition map developed by Nutrino Health Limited. It gives a complete personalized meal plan and recipe recommendations to help the people to lose weight and reach health and fitness goals. It tells the people what to eat so one can reach goals in the desired time period and lead a healthy lifestyle. One can set their goals to increase muscle mass, reduce fat percentage, gain weight or lose weight. It also supports gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, and other social dietary needs. One can also connect Nutrino to Google fit, Fitbit, moves, Withings, jawbone, and runkeeper.

Author Bio
Andrew Shah is a digital marketing manager at Zoplay.com, a leading PHP script development company that offers valuable services to clients. As a professional, he is interested in developing new mobile apps with Zoplay scripts that will benefit both customers and business owners.

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